Eastern Nebraska, SE South Dakota, NE Kansas Crop Update
3 days 9 hours ago
Crops are growing very well in the Plains East Region as of this date. We have continued with roller coaster temperatures every few days.
When we get the breezes and warmer temperatures from the south, the corn grows quickly. When we get a front from the Northwest, the temperatures...
Eastern Nebraska, SE South Dakota, NE Kansas Crop Update
4 weeks 3 days ago
It has been a record setting, yet a great week for planting in the Plains East.
Sunday night, 5-12-13, record lows were set around many areas. The temperatures were 32-36 degrees during the nighttime with frost in a few areas. Corn planting was in the 10-15% completed range overall...
Eastern Nebraska, SE South Dakota, NE Kansas Crop Update
8 weeks 1 day ago
A month ago our Plains East area was dry showing extremes on the Drought Monitor Index. The index is accumulated to each Tuesday, and then the updated maps are released on Thursday. Our region is still showing red, meaning drought; but strides are being made to improve the soil...
Corn Flea Beetle - This Spring?
19 weeks 18 hours ago
With changing temperatures in December, January, and now into February, will we have enough cold temperatures to deter this insect this spring? Temperatures have varied a lot, but it takes a considerable amount of cold weather to hold this insect back in the spring when the corn comes up....
Eastern Nebraska, SE South Dakota, NE Kansas Crop Update - Soybeans
29 weeks 8 hours ago
Soybeans in the Plains East Region had variable yields just as all of the other crops. Irrigated soybeans with good ground and good fertility did reach levels of the high 60’s to pushing 70 bu per acre. Overall, lot of the irrigated soybeans hit in the 50-65 bu range. ...
Eastern Nebraska, SE South Dakota, NE Kansas Crop Update
30 weeks 4 hours ago
Corn harvest is essentially finished up at this time. Yields were all over the board in the Plains East Region. I have heard yields from 0-5 bu totaled out by the drought to 240 to 250 bu per acre under irrigation with good fertility. It really varied from area to area within...
Eastern Nebraska, SE South Dakota, NE Kansas Crop Update
39 weeks 1 day ago
Corn harvest is well under way in the Plains East Region. As expected, yields have been all over the board. In the areas of severe drought, dryland field yields are 0-10 bu. Many of these acres were cut for silage. The range in tons per acre were 6-8 ton per acre. ...
Eastern Nebraska, SE South Dakota, NE Kansas Crop Update
44 weeks 2 days ago
August harvest is underway! This is unbelievable for this part of the Midwest. Silage harvesting the end of July while grain harvesting taking place the first part of August is way far from the norm.
Dryland silage yields under severe stress, with little or no rainfall this...
Eastern Nebraska, SE South Dakota, NE Kansas Crop Update - July 16, 2012
48 weeks 9 hours ago
Corn progress has some corn pollinated and brown silk, to some at mid silk and pollinating. Dry conditions are making fields very erratic in their silk progress and tasseling. Overall pollination should finish up by the end of the week. The area is very dry. The dryland...
EA Nebraska, SE South Dakota, NE Kansas Crop Update
52 weeks 16 hours ago
The corn crop is moving along quite well. This region over the years has sporadic rainfall and regions within this region tend to show it. Overall the corn crop looks good. Northeast KS, and East Central NE had good rainfall on Friday. The corn is past knee high and is in...
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